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Memorandum of Events from Starting at Mt. Carroll

Author: Frances Shimer
Subject: Frances Shimer; Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 1890s; DeLand; West Volusia County; orange growing
Language: English
Collection: shimercollege; additional_collections

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Handwritten journal kept by educator Frances Shimer during her visit to her home in DeLand, Florida, in the winter and spring of 1890-1891. Includes much information on the contemporary state of the orange trade and real estate market, as well as accounts of her tussles over real estate with local notables Henry Deland and John Stetson. Then in her mid-60s, Mrs. Shimer was accompanied on this trip by Mrs. Brownlee, the mother of student Vilona Brownlee Palmer of the class of 1893, rather than her usual companions.



Mrs. Shimer was the founder of Shimer College, today known as the Great Books college of Chicago, although in 1890 it was a women's seminary located in Mount Carroll, Illinois. In addition to its curriculum, Shimer is known for its pioneering program of early entrance to college and long-running weekend college and Oxford study abroad programs.

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